Fenghou

Chapter 1556 The Northern Expedition
In the first ten days of March, on the vast grassland, a huge army was marching to the north. Marshal Du Gaoding led [-] troops and [-] carts loaded with supplies to the grassland.

Their goal is Ketun City.

Thirteen days later, the army arrived at Heishuipo, a large lake that belonged to the territory of the Kret.

According to the agreement signed by the four parties, the 200 troops of the Kelei Department will join the Yong Army here, and at the same time, the Kelei Department will deliver [-] million sheep here as the logistics food for the Yong Army.

Thirty miles away from Heishuipo, a scout came rushing over and reported to Gao Dingbao: "Commander Qi, Kelei's department has arrived, about 2000 people, and they brought 220 million sheep."

Gao Ding nodded, and immediately ordered: "Take a rest in Heishuipo for two days, and then continue northward!

The [-] troops arrived at Heishuibo and set up a small tent. At this time, Zhang Zhe, who was in charge of communicating and negotiating on the grassland, found Gao Ding and brought a young general from the Kelie Department.

Gao Ding and Zhang Zhe met, and Zhang Zhe introduced Gao Ding: "This is the general of the two thousand Kelie army, and he is also the son of Kelie Khan Husi. .”

Hu Erzha bowed to Gao Ding and saluted, "May Changshengtian bless you!"

"May the Longevity Heaven bless the general, please sit down!"

The three of them sat down in the big tent, and the soldiers brought hot tea. Gao Ding smiled and said, "The Kelei Department should know about the situation in Ketun City!"

Huerza nodded, "We just got the news that Kedun City is currently occupied by [-] Xiliao troops, and there are more than a dozen tribes of the Naiman tribe scattered around Kedun City."

"How many troops are there in the Naiman tribe, and where are they deployed?"

"To the west of Ketun City, there are about [-] troops!"

"Does the other party know we're coming?"

Hu Erzha shook his head, "They don't know. The news on the grassland is very obscure, and they basically rely on caravans to deliver news. Now that there is no caravan passing by, they must know nothing."

The two sides exchanged a few more words, and Hu Erzha got up to leave.

Only Gao Ding and Zhang Zhe were left in the big tent, and Zhang Zhe asked, "Do you have any new instructions from the Holy Spirit?"

Gao Ding said slowly: "The Holy Majesty's intention is to balance the grassland and not allow one family to dominate. At the same time, we must weaken the forces of all parties in the grassland and block strategic materials and technologies. In addition, the most important thing is to implement the Tweet Order."

Zhang Zhelue pondered for a while, then suddenly realized, "The Holy One wants to lower the canonization to every tribe?"

"It should be like this. Five hundred households are the small Khan, two thousand households are the middle Khan, and five thousand households are the Great Khan. In the end, all the leaders will jointly elect a person with high morals and prestige as the Khan."

Zhang Zhe gave a thumbs up, this move is too ruthless, once the Grassland Tweet Order comes out, the Grassland will not even think about reunification.

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The army continued to march northward. Ten days later, two thousand soldiers and more than two million sheep from Mierqi's tribe joined the team.

Five days later, 200 troops and [-] million sheep from the Tata Department also joined the team. At this time, Yong's army had been marching on the vast prairie for a month, and it was less than a hundred miles away from Ketun City.

Immediately, the Yong army set up a large camp by the Ayer River, leaving 6000 troops to guard the logistics camp. Gao Ding personally led [-] troops and [-] people from the three coalition forces to kill Ketun City.

There are currently [-] Western Liao troops stationed in Ketun City. Ten miles west of Ketun City, there are also [-] Naiman troops, led by Nairhei, the great Khan of the Naiman tribe.

Although the Xiliao army retreated back to the country, the Naiman tribe continued to increase their troops. The [-] army was overwhelmed by [-], almost an army of their entire country.They also want to take this opportunity to unify the grasslands.

The first opponent the Naiman army was going to attack was the Tata tribe. After destroying the Tata tribe, they then wiped out the Mierqi tribe, and finally the Kele tribe, so as to achieve their goal of dominating the grassland.

The three major tribes were defeated again and again, and most of the males were lost. It was the weakest time, and the moment when Naiman was closest to the unified grassland. How could they not seize this opportunity?

Gao Ding made a major decision, ordering the army to let go of Ketun City temporarily, and the [-] troops went straight to the Naiman camp.

He ordered Xu Liang and Guan Tao to lead [-] cavalry each to cut off the retreat of the Naiman army, while he personally commanded [-] troops to attack the Naiman army's camp.

At this time, Khan Naerhei of the Naiman tribe had already received the news that tens of thousands of Yong troops had killed him. He was shocked and ordered the whole army to gather for the battle.

But as soon as the team was assembled, the cavalry of the Yong army came overwhelmingly.

Narhei hissed and shouted, "Don't panic, fight! Fight!"

The two armies fought fiercely on the grassland. This time, the Yong army did not use traditional tactics. They used cavalry, trained for many years, and would eventually use it on the battlefield.

The biggest characteristic of the cavalry of the Yong army is that a hundred people form a team. The cavalry is led by the head of the cavalry. If the head of the cavalry is killed, the deputy head continues to lead.

All their tactics revolved around the centurion, chaotic but not chaotic, and all kinds of tactical coordination were very exciting.

Although both sides have an army of 10, the combat effect is that several Yong army cavalry fight against one Naiman cavalry. This is a problem of combat efficiency. I spent 10 minutes fighting, and spent the remaining [-] minutes running in vain, unable to find a chance to fight.

The soldiers of the Yong army are well-trained, they cooperate tacitly, and their combat efficiency is extremely high. They spend 10 minutes in an hour in combat. Dealing with a Naiman cavalry.

Another important reason is the difference in equipment. The [-] Yong troops were all wearing iron scale armor, using fine steel short spears, sharp knives and shields, while the Naiman cavalry only had leather armor and rough spears. There are war knives of poor quality.

To a certain extent, the two sides are fighting for national power. How can a prairie tribe compare with the powerful and skilled Eastern Empire.

It may take three to five times for the spears of the Naiman cavalry to pierce through the iron scale armor of the Yong army, but the fine steel spears of the Yong army cavalry can stab the opponent to death with one blow. Poor suppression.

The battle drums on both sides rumbled, and the shouts of killing resounded through the earth.

At this time, the five thousand Xiliao cavalry from Kedun City attacked, but their target was not the back of the Yong army, but the logistics camp of the Yong army.

Five thousand Xiliao cavalry rushed to the logistics camp of the Yong army dozens of miles away.

The Six Thousand Grassland Allied Forces responsible for monitoring Kedun City were terrified by the Xiliao cavalry and did not dare to stop them. They hurried back to report to the logistics army leader Liu Kai.

This time Liu Kai went out as the deputy general of Gao Ding, and this was an opportunity he had repeatedly won. It is the greatest honor of every Han soldier to be able to go out to fight against other races and open up territories for his descendants.

When Liu Kai learned that [-] enemy cavalry had arrived, he immediately divided his troops into two groups, ordering Sun Jian and Wang Kai to lead [-] cavalry to lie in ambush in the north and south, and attack and surround the enemy when the enemy retreated in embarrassment.

The Xiliao cavalry was also desperate. They were betting that the defense of the Yong army's logistics camp would be empty. If the logistics camp was destroyed, the Yong army would be defeated without a fight. This was their only chance to win the game.

Of course, this is also the tradition of the Xiliao army. They especially like to sneak attack the enemy's rear, and they succeed every time.

This time they repeat their tricks and hope to win a big victory.

The Yong army's camp appeared two miles away, and there were only a few patrolling soldiers on the outside of the camp. They seemed to be panicked, turned around and fled, and the panic horns kept blowing.

Master Xiliao Wan shouted: "Kill!"

"Kill!" Five thousand Xiliao cavalry rushed towards the camp of the Yong army like a rushing tide.

After five hundred paces, a dark cloud suddenly appeared over the Western Army's camp, and it was densely packed with ten thousand heavy arrows, shooting towards the Western Liao cavalry at an extremely fast speed.

"It's an enemy arrow, dodge!"

Commander Wan hissed and shouted, this is what caught him off guard, the Xiliao cavalry didn't even have time to raise their shields, ten thousand heavy arrows shot into the cavalry group like a storm.

There were screams in the cavalry group. The leather armor of the Xiliao cavalry could not resist the penetrating power of the heavy arrows from the air, and even many soldiers could not resist the shields.

The powerful armor-piercing arrows pierced the shield and leather armor, and the cavalry fell one by one. Among the 2000 cavalry, [-] were hit by arrows.

The cavalry was still rushing forward, and in the second round, [-] heavy arrows were shot again. The Xiliao cavalry was defenseless, and countless soldiers fell off their horses screaming.

After only two rounds of arrows, only [-] of the [-] cavalry were left, and they turned around and fled.

Liu Kai could see clearly, he immediately ordered: "Send the order to attack!"

"Ugh-"

The horn sounded, and two cavalry led by the two ruling generals Sun Jian and Wang Kai came from the north and the south, and [-] Yong army cavalry surrounded the remaining Xiliao cavalry regiments.

(End of this chapter)